96 CAPTAIN TUCKEY’S NARRATIVE. 
1; mile distant from the opposite bank. Some of the 
natives on board could not be prevailed on to accompany 
me in the boat, dreading the whirlpools off the rock, as 
much as the ancients did Charybdis ; a few very insignifi- 
cant eddies, close to the rock, were however now the only 
signs that some whirlpools may exist in the rainy season, 
and the current, which here ran stronger than in any other 
part of the river, did not exceed 2+ miles an hour. The 
prospect of the river from the summit of the rock is ex- 
tensive, but in no other respect prepossessing, the hills 
which bound the view being naked, except a few Adansonia, 
and apparently of the same formation as the Fetiche rock. 
Just as we reached the rock, two hippopotami were ob- 
served about 100 yards from the shore, with their heads 
above the water, snorting in the air; a ball fired at them 
sent them off. 
The three hills in the fore-ground are those named 
Tunkloo in the chart of Maxwell, and ais his Fingal’s shield ; 
they have the same appearance on all bearings, and con- 
sequently are nothing like the representation in the chart. 
6 Taddy Enzazzi (lightning stone). 
